Animal Science things to know 4 Flashcards
Young female horse under 4
Filly
Mature female horse
Mare
Young male horse under 4
Colt
Castrated male horse
Gelding
Female donkey
Jenny
Male donkey
Jack
Mare and jack
Mule
Jenny and stallion
Hinny
Female mule and hinny
Molly
Male mule and hinny
John
Fertile, shortest ears, long hair on tail, softer mane and tail hair, larger hooves
Horses
Most fertile, longest ears, short hair on tail, longest ears, short hair on tail, stiff mane and tail hair, smaller hooves
Donkey
What state has the greatest number of horses
Texas
What is the only 4 beat gait
Walk
What part of the hoof doesn’t touch the ground
Sole
What is the outer portion of the hoof
Wall
What parts of the hoof bears weight
Wall, bars, and frog
Any defect that interferes with the usefulness of a horse
Unsoundness
When do horses have a full mouth of teeth
5 years
When does galvaynes groove appear
12 years
Disease transferred through opossums
EPM
Horses digestive system
Hindgut fermenters, monogastric, nonruminant
Horses reproductive pattern
Seasonally polyestrous
Also known as distemper, upper respiratory infection
Strangles
Neurological disease, may spread to humans
Sleeping sickness
Young female pig
Gilt
Mature female pig
Sow
Iowa, Minnesota, and North Carolina
Top 3 in pork production
What percent of pigs are bred with AI
Greater than 90%
Swine digestive system
Monogastric omnivore
What is pigs reproductive
Polyestrous
Right ear notch of pig
Litter number
Left ear notching of pig
Pig number
Right and left ear- bottom closest to head
1
Right and left ear- bottom furthest from head
3
Right and left ear- top of ear furthest from head
9
Right ear- closest to head
27
Right ear- very tip of ear
81
Pig ear- right ear has one notch bottom close to head and two notches on top furthest from head. Left ear has one notch on bottom closest to head and one on bottom furthest from head. What is the pigs number
19, 4
Intact female dog
Bitch
Intact male dog
Stud
Parturition in dogs
Whelping
Dogs reproduction
Monoestrous
Cats reproduction
Seasonally polyestrous and induced ovulators
Rumaninats are only….
Herbivores
What is a baby turkey called
Poult
Baby llama
Cria
Female rabbit
Doe
Baby rabbit
Kit
Dutch, polish, and himalayan
Small
New Zealand and Californian (meat breeds), and rex
Medium
Flemish giant and checkered giant
Large
Cecotrophy
Eat their own poop
What is a rabbits digestive system
Monogastric, herbivores, and hindgut fermenters
Poultry digestive system
Paired ceca, omnivores, and monogastric
Young female chicken
Pullet
Poultry compete with what animal because their diets are similar
Swine
Highly pathogenic, leads to death in the entire flock
Avian influenza
Long face, large banana ears, coarse fleece, independent
Llamas
More blunt smooshed face, short ears, finer fleece, and like groups
Alpacas
Lamoid digestive system
Modified ruminants, herbivores, rarely bloat
What animal has the finest wool
Vicuña
What kind of hooves do camels have?
Two toed padded feet
Llamas reproduction
Induced ovulators and no heat cycle
Baby fish
Fry
Bait fish, sport fish, goldfish
Arkansas leads in these
Arkansas leads in what fish industry
Catfish
Why are fish so efficient
Every pound they eat they gain a pound, don’t have to stay warm or fight gravity